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1 Baht - Rama IX Investiture of Crown Prince
| Issuer | Royal Thai Mint |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Value | 1 Baht (1 บาท) (1 THB) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed left-facing bust of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn in military uniform with ornately decorated epaulettes and collar, rendered in high relief. The portrait occupies the central field, depicting the Prince as a young man with closely cropped hair. A circular Thai-script legend surrounds the bust, reading in the upper arc and continuing along the left rim. |
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| Reverse script | Thai |
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This piece commemorates the investiture of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn on 28 December 1972, when Rama IX formally elevated his only son as heir apparent at a ceremony in the Grand Palace. Vajiralongkorn was nineteen at the time. The occasion had been long anticipated — the king and queen had three daughters before his birth in 1952, and the question of succession had quietly preoccupied the court for years.
Collector demand for this issue has always been modest, keeping circulated examples genuinely common in Thai markets.